Trainer Richard Fahey chases major prizes at three meetings on Saturday afternoon hoping to crash through the £3million British prizemoney barrier for the first time in his 23-year training career.

A treble at Ayr on Friday with Constantino, Devious Spirit and Donjuan Triumphant took the Malton trainer to within £100,000 of the landmark.

That could be bridged in one fell swoop if 7-1 favourite Don’t Touch lands the feature William Hill Ayr Gold Cup under Tony Hamilton or Frankie Dettori-ridden Nimr wins the the Tattersalls Millions median Trophy at Newmarket.

Trainer Richard Fahey could break through the £3million prize money barrier this weekend

Fahey, who has run 266 horses this season and won 187 races, also runs Gimcrack Stakes runner-up Ribchester in the Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury.

Fahey said: ‘It has been a fantastic season. We haven’t got a star horse but we have managed to win a big race most weekends so hopefully we can do it again.’

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Two of those big races have been delivered by Fahey’s other two Ayr Gold Cup runners – Bunbury Cup winner Rene Mathis and Ascot International Handicap scorer Heaven’s Guest.

But Fahey, third behind John Gosden and Richard Hannon in the trainers’ championship, conceded he regards unbeaten Don’t Touch, winner of the Great St Wilfrid Handicap at Ripon last time out, as his No 1 contender.

The son of Dutch Art will try to become the first three-year-old to win Scotland’s most prestigious Flat race since Funfair Wane in 2004 and only the second in the last 20 years.

Constantino's win at Gold Cup Festival in Ayr helped Fahey to within £100,000 of the landmark figure

Fahey, who won the 2006 Ayr Gold Cup with Fonthill Road, said: ‘I don’t think Ripon suited the horse and he will be better on a more conventional track. He is a progressive sprinter and he will have to man-up. I'm slightly worried that might be over seven furlongs.’

Ribchester, still a maiden, has been bought by Godolphin since being beaten just over a length by Ajaya in the Gimcrack.

Fahey said: ‘I couldn’t believe he was beaten first time out at Doncaster but stuck my neck out and ran him in the Gimcrack where he just got lost and went walkabout at half-way. We like him.’

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Trainer Richard Fahey set to crash through £3m prize money barrier for first ever time